Why does my search field bring up server web pages?

[ITAnne]

When I insert a search field into a web page, it brings up "back web" pages
on my server that should not be seen or accessed by the public. For example
it would bring up www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com\xxx that is not included in my
Frontpage navigation design. It is a page that is part of my server's user
pages. I don't know how to get it to not show those pages, and my server
says that it is a product on my web design software. Please help!

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

The navigation design has nothing to do with defining the pages that are
visible to search. The only way to hide pages from the search is, if I
remember this correctly because it's been a long time, is to to put them
into hidden directories. For FP, these are directories that begin with an
underscore.

Another way is a meta tag that is designed for robots and spiders to tell
them not to index a page, and don't follow links from it to index:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW">

Keep in mind, the FP search engine will try to find any page you link to and
not just what you tell it the structure of your site is. This is extremely
useful because most sites only include a small fraction of their pages in
any sort of navigational sitemap.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick

 

[Mike Mueller]

IIRC, the FPSE search actually uses MS Index Server. It is supposed to
ignore pages inside of hidden (prefixed w/underscore folders). The Server
admin can also adjust the actual FPSE catalog that Index Servr maintains

Doesn't the FPSE powered search actually use Index Server for the

 

[Ronx]

FP uses Index Server on Windows servers, but uses WAIS on Unix. Windows
2000 servers can be set either way.